Kathleen Kelly Martin (born July 14, 1947) is an American writer of

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under the

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s of Kat Martin, Kathy Lawrence and Kasey Marx. She is married to writer and photographer Larry Jay Martin.

Biography

Martin was born in the

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. She obtained a degree in

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and also studied

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at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

. She lives with her husband, writer and photographer Larry Jay Martin in Missoula, Montana. They have collaborated on a book under the

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of Kathy Lawrence. Martin is a member of the

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. To date, she has been published in England, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia, South Africa, China, and Korea.

Bibliography

As Kat Martin

Single novels

* ''Magnificent Passage'' (1988) * ''Dueling Hearts'' (1989) * ''Captain's Bride'' (1990) * ''Lover's Gold'' (1991) * ''Bold Angel'' (1994) * ''The Dream'' (1995) * ''Midnight Rider'' (1996) * ''Christmas Angel'' in This is the Season (1997) & in Five Golden Rings (2000) * ''Night Secrets'' (1999) * ''The Secret'' (2001) * ''Hot Rain'' (2002) * ''Secret Ways'' (2003)

Southern series

# ''Creole Fires'' (1992) # ''Savannah Heat'' (1993) # ''Natchez Flame'' (1994)

Garrick family series (Lords Trilogy Series)

# ''Gypsy Lord'' (1992) # ''Sweet Vengeance'' (1993) # ''Devil's Prize'' (1995)

Kingsland series

# '' Innocence Undone'' (1997) # ''Dangerous Passions'' (1998)

Litchfield series

# ''Nothing but Velvet'' (1997) # ''Silk and Steel'' (2000)

Clayton series

# ''Wicked Promise'' (1998) # ''Perfect Sin'' (2000)

Heartless series

# ''Heartless'' (2001) # ''The Fire Inside'' (2001) # ''Fanning the Flame'' (2002)

Heart Series

# ''Heart of Honor '' (2007) # ''Heart of Fire'' (2008) # ''Heart of Courage'' (2009)

Sinclair sisters series

# ''Midnight Sun'' (2003) # ''Desert Heart'' (2004) # ''Deep Blue'' (2005)

Necklace series

# ''The Bride Necklace'' (2005) # ''The Devil's Necklace'' (2005) # ''The Handmaiden's Necklace (2006)

The Bride Trilogy

# ''Royal's Bride'' (2009) # ''Reese's Bride'' (Jan 2010) # ''Rule's Bride'' (May 2010)

The Raines of Wind Canyon

# ''Against the Wind'' (January 2011) # ''Against the Fire'' (February 2011) # ''Against the Law'' (March 2011) # ''Against the Storm'' (November 2011) # ''Against the Night'' (March 2012) # ''Against the Sun'' (June 2012) # ''Against the Odds'' (March 2013) # ''Against the Edge'' (April 2013) # ''Against the Mark'' (August 2013) # ''Against the Wild'' (May 2014)

As Kathy Lawrence (with Larry Jay Martin)

Single novel

* ''Tin Angel'' (1989)

As Kasey Mars

Single novels

* ''The Silent Rose'' (1995)

References and resources

Kathleen Kelly Martin's Official Website

External links

Kat Martin's Webpage
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